Globalization and Culture addresses the cultural exchanges that accompany the globalization of markets with the expansion of financial systems, means of communication, movements of people and radical changes in global geo-politics. Working assumptions about culture are teased out by introductory remarks on language, values and philosophy. Then, concepts emerging in the studies and debates over the impact of globalization on culture(s) are organized around the notion that the economic exchanges promoted by the globalization of the economy are accompanied by a cultural exchange in which the developed nations import greater cultural diversity from around the globe while exporting to the …
This is the third of four papers developed by the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) and made available to the church for study, reflection and feedback on issues related to globalization and international trade and the church's advocacy on trade issues in the public arena. In this paper, Robert Stivers examines the impact of globalization on the environment.
The focus of this paper is environmental degradation, in particular the attitudes toward nature that are still assumed in economic and political decisions and hence in the process of globalization. These assumed attitudes are now in conflict with newly emerging attitudes more conducive to environmental integrity. These old and new attitudes are also foundational to four major perspectives that are at the heart of the environmental debate over globalization. If economic globalization contributes to environmental degradation, it is certainly not the only contributor. Environmental degradation is a complex phenomenon with many causes. It is not a necessary consequence of globalization. …
Economic globalization promises increasing material affluence to those who adopt its assumptions. Opponents discount the promises claiming that they are realized by only a few and includes environmental degradation. For those concerned for justice and environmental integrity there are very real abuses, and they stem from basic, taken for granted assumptions about nature. Both the structures of globalization and the basic assumptions that guide it are in need of change.
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This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about the liturgy that will appear in Glory to God, the 2013 Presbyterian hymnal.
During the 2015 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women, Deborah Lind-Schmitz led a workshop on the new PC(USA) hymnal, Glory to God. Use these presentation as a tour through the new hymnal!
For those who attended the 2016 Presbyterian Youth Triennium in July — as well as those who did not attend but who are interested in the Triennium’s invitation to GO — there is good news! Between December 2016 and July 2017 the “Keep GOing” mission impact initiative will encourage youth, youth leaders, and Presbyterian congregations to “GO!,” the theme of the 2016 event. Through the initiative, Triennium participants can continue to journey into active discipleship by using five different Bible studies, released beginning in December and ending in July 2017. Youth who did not attend Triennium will also benefit from …
The goal of realizing equity in the church and the world for all of God's children is sealed in Scripture, rooted in the Reformed tradition, and consistently mandated in Presbyterian policy statements. From its founding, God's church has been called to provide a prophetic witness wherever and whenever equity remains unrealized. Whenever there are patterns of inequality that profoundly distort what is equitable - what people deserve and need to sustain themselves-not necessarily strict equality, then both the witness and the unity of the church are at stake.
For those who attended the 2016 Presbyterian Youth Triennium in July — as well as those who did not attend but who are interested in the Triennium’s invitation to GO — there is good news! Between December 2016 and July 2017 the ‘Keep GOing’ mission impact initiative will encourage youth, youth leaders, and Presbyterian congregations to 'GO!,' the theme of the 2016 event. Through the initiative, Triennium participants can continue to journey into active discipleship by using five different Bible studies, released beginning in December and ending in July 2017. Youth who did not attend Triennium will also benefit from …